MRC CBU

The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is a leading research centre for advancing understanding of human cognition such as memory, attention, perception, language and emotion. We aim to translate research findings to improve health and wellbeing, including developing psychological therapies for mood disorders, improving our understanding of cognitive problems in childhood, and optimising diagnostic and rehabilitative techniques for neurological conditions... Established as the Applied Psychology Unit by the Medical Research Council in 1944, the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is one of the largest and most enduring contributors to the understanding of human cognition and its disorders. Our research investigates fundamental human cognitive processes such as attention, language, memory, and emotion. We do this using a combination of behavioural experiments, neuroimaging, and computer modelling. Behavioural experiments help us understand how these processes work at all ages and how..

Primary location: Cambridge United Kingdom